Volume: 39 Issue: 1
International trade in medicinal and aromatics plants: A case study of past 18 years
Year: 2017, Page: 1-17, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v39i1.Tripathi
Received: Sept. 23, 2016 Accepted: Jan. 20, 2017 Published: July 1, 2017
The global trade in medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) is growing exponentially, and developed countries are the most favored buneficiaries. In the present study, we have analyzed international trade data of MAPs that belong to commodity group ITC (HS) 1211 for last 18 years, from 1996 to 2013. This data was compiled through COMTRADE database, (UN Statistics Division, New York) and Export Import Data Bank (DGCI&S Kolkata, India). The present study provides a detailed account of international trade pertaining to specific MAPs based commodities, among trading nations as well as India’s export-import of the same. The present report will be useful for researchers, policy makers, industries and farmers for advancing the global business of medicinal and aromatic crops.
Keywords: Agribusiness, Export, Herbal medicine, Import, Trade
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Himanshu Tripathi, Ram Suresh, Sanjay Kumar, Feroz Khan. 2017. International trade in medicinal and aromatics plants: A case study of past 18 years. J Med Aromat Plant Sci 39: 1-17.
